Firm and Provider News

The American Arbitration Association (AAA) has announced the adoption of a Revised Code of Ethics for Arbitration in Commercial Disputes, effective March 1. The provisions of the Revised Code are subject to any contrary principles that may be found in governing law or applicable arbitration rules and also deter an agreement of parties to an arbitration to...

Robert L. Haig, partner with Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, has joined the National Center for State Courts' Lawyers Committee, which involves prominent practicing attorneys in the National Center's work and programs.

The American Bar Association's Section of International Law and Practice will present a panel session entitled "Leadership Forum - Challenges For Law Firms In A Changing International Market" at its Spring Meeting in New York.The session is to take place on Friday, April 16, 2004, from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. at the Plaza Hotel, 59th Street and Fifth Avenue,...

McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP has announced the addition of Frederick R. Anderson as a partner and Geraldine Edens as Of Counsel in the firm's Environmental practice.
Mr. Anderson is a nationally prominent environmental law and public policy practitioner and a former dean of the American University Law School. He and Ms. Edens will join the firm's...

Thomson Elite, part of the Thomson Corporation and a worldwide provider of business software to professional services firms, has announced that two of its products won "best of" honors in the inaugural Law Technology News Awards.
The Reader's Choice Award for Best Timekeeping and Billing System for firms over 50 attorneys went to the Elite product...

Ray Thek, a prominent dealmaker, has joined the firm of Lowenstein Sandler, PC as a director, effective March 1.
Mr. Thek's hiring gives Lowenstein Sandler another powerful corporate attorney who specializes in technology and life sciences deals. He joins directors Peter H. Ehrenberg, chair of the firm's 60-lawyer Corporate Department, and Edward M....

The firm of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP was cited in 13 categories in a recent survey conducted by The BTI Consulting Group, Inc. of Boston, a market research and management consulting firm.
The survey, The Survey of Client Service Performance for Law Firms, was based on interviews with nearly 200 corporate counsel at Fortune 1000 companies.

Keith R. Dutill and Kevin R. Boyle have been elected to three-year terms on the Board of Directors at Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP.
Mr. Dutill, a partner since 1994, is the managing partner of the firm's Malvern, PA office. Mr. Boyle is chairman of the firm's Business Department, a group of more than 50 attorneys who assist clients in the...

Richard Rosenblatt, a partner in the Labor and Employment Practice group at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP in Princeton and Philadelphia, recently was honored by NJBiz, a leading New Jersey business weekly, as one of its "40 Under 40" for 2004 in the March 1 edition.
As reported by NJBiz, this honor is given annually to 40 men and women across the...

Recently the New Jersey Appellate Division handed down a landmark decision reversing an administrative law judge (ALJ) decision that the commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) had approved. The firm of Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A. represented the appellant.

Integrity Interactive Corporation has announced that it has signed an agreement with Deere & Company to roll out Integrity Interactive's ethics and compliance training courses as part of Deere's enterprise-wide compliance and ethics program. The comprehensive online program will assist Deere & Company in its continuing efforts to raise employee...

The firm of McCarter & English, LLP has named Kimberly S. Penner as partner in the New York office and Debra M. Perry as partner in the Newark, NJ office. The naming of Ms. Penner and Ms. Perry is a reflection of the firm's growth strategy along the Northeast corridor and its increased activity in the life sciences industry.

Weil Gotshal advised privately-held Interactive Search Holdings, Inc. in its agreement, announced last month, to be acquired by Ask Jeeves, Inc. The deal was led by Weil Gotshal's Silicon Valley office, in collaboration with the firm's New York and Washington, D.C. offices.
"The synergy between the firm's Mergers & Acquisitions practice groups in New...

The firm of Grotta, Glassman & Hoffman, P.A. has strengthened its New York presence by adding three principals from Rains & Pogrebin, P.C., a 56-year-old labor and employment law firm based on Long Island, which is dissolving.
The three new principals are Bertrand B. Pogrebin, a founder of Rains & Pogrebin, Bruce Millman, managing partner,...

Jerome J. Shestack, a partner at WolfBlock and co-chair of the firm's Business Litigation Practice Group, has been appointed chairman of the American Bar Association's (ABA) Center for Human Rights by ABA President Dennis Archer.
The Center for Human Rights coordinates many human rights activities, including sending observers to human rights trials, rule...

Holland & Knight LLP has announced that Neal N. Beaton, an attorney practicing in the areas of corporate and commercial transactions, intellectual property, international trade and business immigration law, has been named Practice Group Leader for the Business Law Practice Group in New York City.
In addition to his new responsibilities, Mr. Beaton...

The firm of Pitney, Hardin, Kipp & Szuch llp has signed a new lease totaling 46,339 square feet at Times Square Tower for its New York City office. The firm's new office is located on the south side of 42nd Street between Broadway and Seventh Avenue. Pitney Hardin will relocate from its current New York location at 685 Third Avenue, between 43rd and...

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP has announced that New York Lawyers for the Public Interest has selected Richard J. Davis, a partner of the firm, as the recipient of the 2004 Law & Society Award for his distinguished service to the legal profession and community. The award annually honors an attorney who best combines outstanding legal skills with a long...

Winston & Strawn has announced that James L. Malone III has joined its New York City and Chicago offices as a partner in the tax department. He focuses his practice on federal tax controversy matters. Mr. Malone previously was a senior partner at McDermott, Will & Emery and chairman of its Tax Controversy Practice. Most recently, he served as...

Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP has announced the continued expansion of its insurance practice with the arrival of Kenneth E. Ryan as a partner. The addition of Mr. Ryan, an experienced insurance litigator from the Washington, DC office of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, reflect's the firm's ongoing commitment to enhancing its extensive insurance law...

Bruce I. Goldstein, managing partner of Saiber Schlesinger Satz & Goldstein, Newark, NJ, recently announced that three of the firm's attorneys have been admitted to membership. Ernest E. Badway, a graduate of the Duke University School of Law (J.D., 1992), practices in the areas of securities law, regulatory matters, and white-collar criminal defense...

Goodwin Procter LLP has announced the addition of Emanuel C. Grillo to its New York office. He has joined the firm's Insolvency & Business Reorganization Practice as partner. Mr. Grillo has broad-based experience representing secured and unsecured creditors, debtors and court-appointed trustees, as well as both sellers and purchasers in distressed...